An accused murderer has admitted to luring another man into a car for a supposed drug deal before shooting him in the shoulder.
But Duc Nguyen, 44, denies he intended to kill or seriously injure Brian Laidlaw on the afternoon of July 12, 2022.
Nguyen and his girlfriend organised to meet Mr Laidlaw outside a public housing building for a drug deal in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.
The pair had borrowed a friend's Audi but swapped the number plates to a pair of stolen ones before driving to the Napier Street address.
CCTV footage played to the Victorian Supreme Court on Tuesday showed Mr Laidlaw walking up to Nguyen's car shortly after 4pm and getting into the front passenger seat.
Minutes pass before the footage shows Mr Laidlaw running out of the vehicle and then collapsing onto the street.
It's alleged Nguyen, who was seated in the back seat, shot Mr Laidlaw in the right shoulder with the intention of killing or seriously injuring him.
A post-mortem found the bullet passed through two major arteries before getting lodged in the left side of Mr Laidlaw's chest.
After the shooting, prosecutors claim Nguyen and his girlfriend went to an associate's house in Balwyn where they dumped the .22 calibre revolver and remaining five bullets.
Detectives seized the alleged murder weapon along with the phones of Nguyen and the woman when they were arrested on July 13.
At the start of his murder trial on Tuesday, Nguyen formally entered a guilty plea to the charge of manslaughter.
His barrister Amelia Beech told the jury Nguyen had taken responsibility for the unintentional killing of Mr Laidlaw, but he denied there was murderous intent.
Nguyen admitted to luring Mr Laidlaw into the car with the intention of confronting him with a gun over an unknown dispute, Ms Beech said.
But the jury should consider where the bullet hit Mr Laidlaw along with other evidence before deciding on Nguyen's guilt, the defence barrister said.
Crown prosecutor Kristie Churchill told the jury Nguyen had intended to kill or seriously injure Mr Laidlaw when he lured him into the car.
The prosecution would not accept Nguyen's plea for the lesser charge of manslaughter as it was "insufficient", Ms Churchill said.
The trial before Justice Christopher Beale continues.
